Tennessee’ s baseball team had to come from behind to pick up its second victory of the season and keep its perfect record intact Saturday afternoon.
The Volunteers had a pair of home runs from sophomore left fielder Drew Gilbert and a clutch two-run single from third baseman Jake Rucker to notch a 5-3 victory over Georgia Southern in Statesboro.
The Big Orange (2-0) fell behind 1-0 as the Eagles (0-2) pushed a run across in the bottom of the second inning before Gilbert tied the game 1-1 with a solo round-tripper.
Georgia State took a 3-1 lead as it tallied in both the fourth and fifth innings before Rucker came up with a game-tying two-run single in the eighth for the Vols, who were out-hit 8-6 by the Eagles.
Gilbert propelled Tennessee into the win column as he went deep in the top of the eighth.
Drew Gilbert:
Making Baseball Fun Again#GBO #OTH pic.twitter.com/mvJf1Q34zX
— Tennessee Baseball (@Vol_Baseball) February 20, 2021
Reliever Redmond Walsh, who recorded a save in Friday night’s season opener, went two scoreless innings to pick up the win.
He gave up one hit and a walk while striking out one.
Walsh was one of three Tennessee pitchers to see action Saturday. Blake Tidwell started and went four innings. He had two strikeouts, while giving up two runs (one earned), four hits and a walk.
Camden Sewell went three innings. He surrendered one run, two hits and a walk. He struck out one.
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